Another college-changing question

Colleges & Universities A-Z University of California - San Diego
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<p>is it possible to change college before enrollment? i heard that you must complete a series of writing requirement in order to switch college, but im not sure if it only applies to prefrosh. please help!</p>

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<p>Why don’t you call UCSD on Monday morning?</p>

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<p>i was hoping to receive quicker reply =/</p>

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<p>yes! my question, tooo… BUMP</p>

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<p>no. they’re not going to process requests from non-students. you’ll need a reason to transfer, but since you haven’t spent any time there as a UCSD student, they’re not going to consider you until you have a legitimate reason to transfer out.</p>

<p>it’s hard enough for current students, prefrosh aren’t going to get any special treatment.</p>

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<p>It’s next to impossible to change schools. Just accept the one you are assigned.</p>

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<p>i heard you can change though if you want to room with someone thats going there from your school?</p>

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<p>tried that once, no dice.</p>

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<p>Don’t even bother changing trying to change your college. Every official response from the school says that they don’t even consider it, unless you have a damn good excuse</p>

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<p>Don’t want to sound too prissy, but the correct answer to your question is RTFM. When you log in, one of the prominently displayed links is “Frequently Asked Questions”. It states:</p>

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<p>Actually this is the answer UCSD gives on their website.
<a href=“http://www.ucsd.edu/portal/site/ucsd/menuitem.135225ab0c7ce3c0c0020010d34b01ca/?vgnextoid=84d9a78f2c741110a78f2c741110cdca5105RCRD[/url]”>http://www.ucsd.edu/portal/site/ucsd/menuitem.135225ab0c7ce3c0c0020010d34b01ca/?vgnextoid=84d9a78f2c741110a78f2c741110cdca5105RCRD&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>Q: Can I switch to a different college?</p>

<p>A: Yes, after you complete the writing program and if you can demonstrate that switching to a different college will allow you to graduate with fewer academic quarters.</p>

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<p>so which is true? does anyone know?</p>

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<p>the conclusion:</p>

<ol>
<li><p>you can petition to change AFTER you’re enrolled and can prove that the change actually results in some “real” benefits (ie, earlier graduation with fewer GE requirements) and not just a “i don’t like hum” whine. you don’t need to complete your first college’s writing requirements before petitioning (my art-major suitemate transferred from revelle to marshall while she was enrolled in hum 2, but took hum 3 with us just to make it equate DOC 3 and get all writing requirements out of the way)</p></li>
<li><p>you CANNOT petition to change before you enroll at UCSD.</p></li>
<li><p>change-of-college requests are not granted frequently, but they do happen.</p></li>
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<p>Thank you so much for clearing that up!</p>

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<p>that includes the dorms correct? no just the colelges but you get to physically move into the new college dorms?</p>

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<p>not right away (you think there’s room for them to move you into a new dorm? ha!), and it still depends.</p>

<p>my suitemate got her change-of-college approval done after the housing lottery was conducted, so 2nd year she was a marshall student living in a pepper canyon apartment with revelle apartmentmates.</p>

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<p>“another college-changing question” if you already know other people asked the same question, why do you have to ask again? can’t you just read those answers?</p>

<p>plus these threads are so pointless. you’re all probably gonna end up not even trying to trasfer after you get to UCSD…</p>